5 Epic Battles of Medieval Spain

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

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[@Gambitfan]

Love learning about Spanish Medieval History. I don't know why they get ignored so often when discussing Crusader History (this channel excluded, of course). Talk to people you would think the Crusades only happened in the Holy Land.

[@ryski4011]

Because it’s not the holy land

[@JoseGarcia-io2pr]

Finally you dive back into the reconquista, thanks hermano!

[@j.a.130]

For people who want to know, the most important war points was: - Battle of Covadonga, 722 bc - Battle of Simancas, 939 bc - Rendition of Toledo, 1085 bc - Battle of Cutanda, 1120 bc - Battle of Ourique (Portugal), 1139 bc - Rendition of Lisbon (Portugal), 1147 bc - Battle of Navas de Tolosa, 1212 bc - Rendition of Mallorca, 1231 bc - Rendition of Cordoba, 1236 bc - Rendition of Valencia, 1238 bc - Rendition of Seville, 1245 bc - Rendition of Murcia, 1246 bc - Battle of El Salado, 1340 bc - Rendition of Granada, 1492 bc

[@pangea439]

Thank you from Spain. I used to read comic books, El guerrero del antifaz (The warrior in a mask), he was fighting the Reconquista.

[@alexl5660]

Mexican American here with interest in Spain

[@TheConservativeKnight6809]

Love your content man!

[@g.sergiusfidenas6650]

A video about the Battle of Rio Salado would be most excellent too even if it belong to a later period than the ones in this video.

[@DrMarceloSantos]

Very interesting. Thanks.

[@-RONNIE]

Good video 👍🏻

[@GabrielBelmont4727]

Any books you would recommend on this topic?

[@patrickhows1482]

Joseph O'Callaghan is the leading American historian of Medieval Spain. His 'History of Medieval Spain' covers the whole period. There's also a book called 'The Reconquista' by someone whose surname is Lomax, this would be only available in libraries or second hand. The Osprey books on military history will almost certainly have some titles covering the Reconquista. James I of Aragon's autobiography is available in a modern transmission. One should be wary of some recent books written about Medieval Spain, as they tend to idealise Muslim Spain, as though it was some modern multi-cultural liberal society.

[@patrickhows1482]

I forgot to mention one excellent book, perhaps the single best book written in English in the last fifty years on this period: 'The Quest for El Cid' by Richard Fletcher. He explores contemporary sources to reconstruct the actual life of El Cid in a scholarly yet readable way. Penguin Classics have published a translation of the Poem of El Cid, which was written about a hundred years after his death. There are other contemporary sources available in translation published by Manchester University Press, please post below if you want to details.

[@calgacusofcaledonia]

Nice 👍

[@hyAxis]

Why does the title only mention Spain though?

[@scottmiller6958]

What? No Clavijo? ;-)

[@aB-of1nz]

Not kingdom of aragon but crown of aragon.... Besides you call aragonese to the king of aragon forces whilst they were mostly Catalans...

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Fair enough. All your points are valid. In the future when I do a more comprehensive thing on James I'll give a more precise picture of the Crown of Aragon, including Catalonia.